Prince Norodom Ranariddh. Cambodia's royalist FUNCINPEC party has rejected a claim by the prince that he was illegally removed from the party's top leadership post.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)By Yun Samean
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Prince Norodom Ranariddh on Saturday urged CPP and Senate President Chea Sim not to accept Keo Puth Rasmey as the new Funcinpec president until the Interior Ministry responds to the prince's complaint about his ousting.
Prince Ranariddh also requested in a Saturday letter that while he awaits the ministry's response, the ruling CPP should "suspend and annul" cooperation with Funcinpec … I am strongly against the new and illegal structure of the Funcinpec congress and its removal of myself from president of the Funcinpec party," Prince Ranariddh wrote.
Funcinpec Secretary-General Nhiek Bun Chhay held a hastily-convened party congress Wednesday and later announced that a decision had been reached to "elevate" Prince Ranariddh to "historical president." Cambodia's Ambassador to Germany, Keo Puth Rasmey, was then appointed as Funcinpec president.
Government spokesman and Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said the CPP recognizes Keo Puth Rasmey as he was elected by Funcinpec.
"We cannot do as Prince Ranariddh requests," he said, adding that if the prince returns to Cambodia, he can attempt to convene a new congress to hold a vote to have himself reinstated.
Continuing the Funcinpec reshuffle, Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the National Assembly to appoint Keo Puth Rasmey as a deputy prime minister and Prince Ranariddh's wife Princess Marie as senior minister, Funcinpec spokesman Nouv Sovathero said.
"This is to show the good cooperation between the Funcinpec and the CPP, now that Funcinpec's situation has normalized," Nouv Sovathero said.
Retired King Norodom Sihanouk issued a letter to the media addressed to Prince Norodom Ranariddh Friday, in which he threw cold water on the prince's proposed new party. "The creation of a new political Party, called the 'N Ranariddh Party' or otherwise, will not meet with a warm reception from Papa," the retired King wrote. "From experience in this political arena, Papa cannot alas, predict much success for a new party presided over by You."
Norodom Sihanouk retracted the message several hours later without providing a reason.
(Additional reporting by Douglas Gillison)
Prince Ranariddh also requested in a Saturday letter that while he awaits the ministry's response, the ruling CPP should "suspend and annul" cooperation with Funcinpec … I am strongly against the new and illegal structure of the Funcinpec congress and its removal of myself from president of the Funcinpec party," Prince Ranariddh wrote.
Funcinpec Secretary-General Nhiek Bun Chhay held a hastily-convened party congress Wednesday and later announced that a decision had been reached to "elevate" Prince Ranariddh to "historical president." Cambodia's Ambassador to Germany, Keo Puth Rasmey, was then appointed as Funcinpec president.
Government spokesman and Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said the CPP recognizes Keo Puth Rasmey as he was elected by Funcinpec.
"We cannot do as Prince Ranariddh requests," he said, adding that if the prince returns to Cambodia, he can attempt to convene a new congress to hold a vote to have himself reinstated.
Continuing the Funcinpec reshuffle, Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the National Assembly to appoint Keo Puth Rasmey as a deputy prime minister and Prince Ranariddh's wife Princess Marie as senior minister, Funcinpec spokesman Nouv Sovathero said.
"This is to show the good cooperation between the Funcinpec and the CPP, now that Funcinpec's situation has normalized," Nouv Sovathero said.
Retired King Norodom Sihanouk issued a letter to the media addressed to Prince Norodom Ranariddh Friday, in which he threw cold water on the prince's proposed new party. "The creation of a new political Party, called the 'N Ranariddh Party' or otherwise, will not meet with a warm reception from Papa," the retired King wrote. "From experience in this political arena, Papa cannot alas, predict much success for a new party presided over by You."
Norodom Sihanouk retracted the message several hours later without providing a reason.
(Additional reporting by Douglas Gillison)
5 comments:
Give it up Ranarith! The monarchy has been convincingly proven a "LOST CAUSE" to Khmer people. [Laisses le tomber Ranarith!. La monarchie est provee indubitablement comme une cause perdue pour le peuple Khmer!]
10/23/06
AK4AnetKhmer
The lady behind him is definitely his wife( HRH. Princess Mary ). What is your reason to look so lovingly or so suppotive of your husband now? It must be an old picture.
Learn from it Ranarith! It was handed to you; you did not earned it.And you not even know how to take care of it.Move on and start something from scratch. May be you can manage it better.
The photo seems to suggest that Princess Marie was recovering from an all-night cry, and she looked at her hubby, not with great passion, with great disappointment. What went on in her mind at that time was likely to be "Damn those Viagra scientists! Why do you have to come up with a drug that gives my old man the strength to go on humping with young girls? Now, look what it has done to his illustrious political career and his hair!".
Ranariddh was hoping to become King after he is tired of politics at the time when it no longer brings in large brown envelopes stuffed with we-know-what for him. But, it seems somebody has already occupied that throne. So, it's time to go and cry on his daddy's laps again.
To 9:47am
You are so funny!
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